Should I/we be concerned? Here we are in the 21st century, and poli-tic-al pundits are telling Christians how they should be living.
EXCUSE ME!
The crux of Christianity, as I understand it, has to do with turning the world upside down.
History is replete with stories of Christians taking governments to task.
The dirty little secret, that pundits try to keep hidden from the citizenry is that this great country was founded on the principle that God had led.
This country was founded upon the ideal of personal ownership of property, of the individual's right under God to be the best they could be.
Over the years, many have expressed the idea that gummint was the problem and not the solution... and here we are a coupla centuries down the road, and we are being told that we are the problem, and that only gummint has the solution.
WELL, EXCUSE ME!!
Have we not learned yet, that gummint cain't do nothing good? How much clearer do it need to be for people to see that gummint running our lives is like the inmates running the assylum?
Oh, yeah, the Bible speaks to sluggards, and how they can influence those around them if given enough time.
It goes way beyond any comprehensive ability of my military mind to figure out why anybody living in this country would want to change her. She is the greatest nation to ever traverse the pages of history; and some wish to make her no more than ashes on the ashheap of history for the desire to be like everyone else.
EXCUSE ME!!
So many of our ancestors left Europe to get away from oppressive gummint, and to be able to live a life well able to pursue life, liberty and happiness.
How sad that there are people who have come to hate this way of life. I don't understand it; but I do understand that if you don't have to work for what you get, and you know that someone is ready and willing to give you whatever you want, you will relinquish your individual power, to not have to lift a hand.
How pitiful the people of this nation have become... soon there will be no body to provide income for the gummint, cuz everybody will be expecting the gummint to take care of them, and then, there will be no more.
You never realize how sweet something is, until you give it up, and realize you will never have it again.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Valour IT
About 41 years ago this was taken while on my summer break at Cua Viet, Republic of Vietnam.
With that in mind, may I invite you to Donate to the Marine Corps Team.
Project Valour-IT is a simple idea with profound impact. It's grateful Americans, providing laptops with voice-activated software for severely wounded troops. Project Valour-IT offers a way for us to tell them we have not forgotten their sacrifices, and that is truly priceless. In many, many ways what we are trying to do is reconnect them to the world; remind them that they are not alone. That they still have something to contribute, that they are still a vital part of this nation, and that even though they may have lost parts of themselves that they can never recover, though they may temporarily be feeling hopeless, helpless, even alone, they aren't.
Someone remembers. Someone still cares. And when they get out of the hospital, America will find a way for them to rejoin the community and be useful again. For a wounded vet facing traumatic and painful injuries, that knowledge alone is beyond price.
Someone remembers. Someone still cares. And when they get out of the hospital, America will find a way for them to rejoin the community and be useful again. For a wounded vet facing traumatic and painful injuries, that knowledge alone is beyond price.
Friday, November 14, 2008
IMAHO
To my military mind, having any dental work done is cruel and unusual punishment: add to that, having to pay to go through it, you have the ultimate in corporal punishment.
Though I would rather take a butt whuppin than to go to the dentist, sometimes it just cannot be avoided.
So, today found me back in the dentist's office, thinking I might be getting a molar or wisdom tooth pulled, only to find that there is no infection, nor any real problem in the tooth, so, we decided to crown the tooth, to keep from having to remove it, and to keep it from gettine worser.
Yeah, I realize the ideal is to keep your own real teeth for as long as you can... but you know, I just get tired of all that being in the dentist's office brings about.
Though I would rather take a butt whuppin than to go to the dentist, sometimes it just cannot be avoided.
So, today found me back in the dentist's office, thinking I might be getting a molar or wisdom tooth pulled, only to find that there is no infection, nor any real problem in the tooth, so, we decided to crown the tooth, to keep from having to remove it, and to keep it from gettine worser.
Yeah, I realize the ideal is to keep your own real teeth for as long as you can... but you know, I just get tired of all that being in the dentist's office brings about.
Wandering...
When I was a youngun, I fell in love with Rosemary Clooney. What about her did I like? I dunno!
She was beautiful...to my young mind, she was the most beautiful creature that had ever been created.
And I guess I have been a sucker for a strawberry blonde ever since.
I have only known one strawberry blonde personally; and she was/is a beautiful person...am i detecting a pattern here?
Too often, I have wondered what the fascination is with changing hair color. The strawberry blonde lady I knew, did not like strawberry blonde color, and would often use a blonde rinse to try to cover the tinge.
The Preacher, the son of David is quoted as saying, "all is vanity".
Is not a vanity, a piece of furniture that has a mirror attached? Could it have gotten its name from the idea that the mirror was a place to sit and look at yourself, and frump and fard until you were satisfied with what you saw?
Until we come to the point where we are comfortable with what we know is inside, we will not be able to be comfortable with what is on the outside.
I have long been fascinated with the Johari Window. You know, this is the demonstration of our psyche...it contains four windows: The you you know, and others know; the you you know and others do not know; the you you do not know that others know; and the you you do not know and others do not know.
Think about it...how often have you had someone say something about you, that you didn't realize anyone knew?
Ah, but the bottom line, it seems, is that only God knows what those things are that I do not know about me, and others do not know; for you see, God sees the heart and the inclinations of our thoughts.
He alone knows what is buried deep within the darkest recesses of our being. And it is only through Him that we are able to bring wholeness to our being, so that we are aware of who we are, and what we are doing.
Casey would dance with the strawbery blonde, and the band played on...
She was beautiful...to my young mind, she was the most beautiful creature that had ever been created.
And I guess I have been a sucker for a strawberry blonde ever since.
I have only known one strawberry blonde personally; and she was/is a beautiful person...am i detecting a pattern here?
Too often, I have wondered what the fascination is with changing hair color. The strawberry blonde lady I knew, did not like strawberry blonde color, and would often use a blonde rinse to try to cover the tinge.
The Preacher, the son of David is quoted as saying, "all is vanity".
Is not a vanity, a piece of furniture that has a mirror attached? Could it have gotten its name from the idea that the mirror was a place to sit and look at yourself, and frump and fard until you were satisfied with what you saw?
Until we come to the point where we are comfortable with what we know is inside, we will not be able to be comfortable with what is on the outside.
I have long been fascinated with the Johari Window. You know, this is the demonstration of our psyche...it contains four windows: The you you know, and others know; the you you know and others do not know; the you you do not know that others know; and the you you do not know and others do not know.
Think about it...how often have you had someone say something about you, that you didn't realize anyone knew?
Ah, but the bottom line, it seems, is that only God knows what those things are that I do not know about me, and others do not know; for you see, God sees the heart and the inclinations of our thoughts.
He alone knows what is buried deep within the darkest recesses of our being. And it is only through Him that we are able to bring wholeness to our being, so that we are aware of who we are, and what we are doing.
Casey would dance with the strawbery blonde, and the band played on...
Thursday, November 13, 2008
unawares
Katherine of Smoky Mountain Cafe tagged me to share 7 random facts about myself.
Katherine is a super friend, and always, always has really good recipes. As the old chef would say, I guarantole you it gonna be some kinda goooooood!
The rules are, you have to provide the link of the person who tagged you, and you have to tag 7 others to do the same.
On with the facts!
I fought the dust, and the dust won.
I think champagne tastes like vinegar with alka seltzer.
My favorite color is lavender.
I have been a clown, and have composed a sermon on clowns for Christ.
I have mellowed a lot in the last few years.
I enjoy listening to the music of my youth, more than anything that is being offered today.
I prefer reading a book to watching television.
I tag:
Jane from Scheiss Weekly - Just As It Says
John at John's" Egocentric World
Pamela at Atlas Shrugs
Linda at Something... and Half of Something
The cool Cajun at Mostly Cajun, All American and Opinionated
Doctor Helen at Dr. Helen
Katherine is a super friend, and always, always has really good recipes. As the old chef would say, I guarantole you it gonna be some kinda goooooood!
The rules are, you have to provide the link of the person who tagged you, and you have to tag 7 others to do the same.
On with the facts!
I fought the dust, and the dust won.
I think champagne tastes like vinegar with alka seltzer.
My favorite color is lavender.
I have been a clown, and have composed a sermon on clowns for Christ.
I have mellowed a lot in the last few years.
I enjoy listening to the music of my youth, more than anything that is being offered today.
I prefer reading a book to watching television.
I tag:
Jane from Scheiss Weekly - Just As It Says
John at John's" Egocentric World
Pamela at Atlas Shrugs
Linda at Something... and Half of Something
The cool Cajun at Mostly Cajun, All American and Opinionated
Doctor Helen at Dr. Helen
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
CrEePy
I am truly amused to hear how much Rush is using the term "creepy" in reference to B Hussein O and what all he is currently involved in.
Seems to me Halloween was over a week ago, and I thought "creepy" stuff was put away already since most major stores have clearanced Halloween goods, and replaced them with Christmas items.
"Creepy" has been my estimation of this individual, since he first stepped onto the public scene. Of course, he and Monica Lewinski's boyfriend's wife, are in the same category, to my way of thinking.
Seems to me Halloween was over a week ago, and I thought "creepy" stuff was put away already since most major stores have clearanced Halloween goods, and replaced them with Christmas items.
"Creepy" has been my estimation of this individual, since he first stepped onto the public scene. Of course, he and Monica Lewinski's boyfriend's wife, are in the same category, to my way of thinking.
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